Dr. Saurabh Desai specializes in general internal medicine and geriatrics (elderly care). He has received a 4.0 out of 5 star rating by his patients. Dr. Desai is professionally affiliated with WellStar Cobb Hospital and WellStar Douglas Hospital. He is in-network for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic, in addition to other insurance carriers. Dr. Desai graduated from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. Dr. Desai (or staff) speaks Gujarati and Hindi.

Dr. Girish Shroff's areas of specialization are general internal medicine and geriatrics (elderly care); he sees patients in Douglasville, GA. He is conversant in Gujarati. He is affiliated with WellStar Douglas Hospital. Dr. Shroff attended medical school at B.J. Medical College. Patients gave him an average rating of 3.0 stars out of 5. Dr. Shroff is in-network for several insurance carriers, including Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic.

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What is Geriatrics?

Geriatrics is the subspecialty of internal medicine that provides primary care to older adults. Physical health tends to decline with age, and geriatricians work to manage such age-related concerns as chronic illness, frailty, multiple medications, and declining mental health to keep seniors as active and independent as possible.

Some of the most common concerns seen by a geriatrician include:

Mobility issues, including the need for canes and walkers, as well as preventing falls

Osteoporosis, a weakening of the bones, which affects as many as a quarter of all men and half of all women over fifty

Loss of hearing or vision

Incontinence, or the inability to control one’s bladder

Memory loss, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

A geriatrician may also provide their patients with comprehensive care that includes checking on their social health. Seniors are at increased risk for poverty, loneliness, abuse, and injuries in the home. As part of their health care, a geriatrician may inquire about family support, living conditions, or the ability of a patient to perform daily self-care tasks.

In some cases, a geriatrician may serve as an advisor to other physicians on a specific case or condition. However, most of the time geriatrics is a primary care specialty, and geriatricians provide routine health care to the older patients they work with.